What to do if you catch your staff on a quiet vacation, according to an HR exec

Eumenes 1 year ago | |

What job can you not show up, still get paid, and not expect to get fired?

Pretty much any where I live (finland), can't fire people at will. It requires constant effort to not show up and get warnings to get fired. I believe this is a lot better approach, because it allows for correction and dialogue between employye and the employer without any burnt bridges

cbsks 1 year ago | |

It is interesting to see the double standard for “high performers” explicitly called out.

Most of their points seemed reasonable to me, until the end “if they aren’t a high performer, fire them immediately”.

dustypotato 1 year ago | | |

Sounds reasonable? You'd attempt to retain a high performer

cbsks 1 year ago | | |

I think you should attempt to retain everyone. Option 2 for a low performer sounds better to me: “The other path is document the violation and give an opportunity to improve”.

A few months into one of my first jobs after college I was given a stern lecture from my manager “we don’t mind you leaving early on Friday if your work is getting done, but it’s not”. That was the wake up call I needed and I worked for the company for another 8 years, becoming, I’d like to think, a valuable high performer.

If they remain a low performer, then that’s another story…

cmeacham98 1 year ago | |

> Giving special treatment to other employees over others doubly so.

This is how almost all companies work, although it's rarely spelled out in a written policy.

I'm not even sure it's necessarily immoral (as long as it doesn't involve special treatment for extreme cases like SA), companies want to retain high performers so giving them perks like more leniency around attendance policies is one way to do that.